The Pentagon will allocate Kiev $ 50 million to a lethal weapon

In the U.S. Congress launched a formal approval of the new defense budget of the country for 2020. A separate article in the document is the allocation of Ukraine $ 250 million, of which 50 million will be spent exclusively on the purchase of lethal defensive weapons for the APU. It is reported by the Ukrainian Embassy in USA .

Subcommittee on defense Committee on appropriations of the house of representatives of the United States Congress approved the draft of the Pentagon's budget in 2020 from $ 250 million to Ukraine. Of this amount $ 50 million will be directed exclusively to the supply of lethal weapons

the message reads.The document States that the allocated amount will be spent on various programs, including military training, intelligence support, APU, logistics, different equipment.Now the bill needs to be approved by the Committee on appropriations, House of representatives and the Senate, after which it will be signed by the President of the United States Donald trump.Earlier it was reported that the Pentagon's budget for the year 2020 (starting October 1) for Ukraine will be laid down about 200 million dollars. The main item of expenditure in the USA called the assistance in the restoration of the Ukrainian Navy and the restoration of defense and coast guard. The very same Kiev asked Washington's help in purchasing anti-aircraft missiles of medium and long range.In 2019, the US funded the Ukraine is also 250 million. This amount was included in the delivery of radar counterbattery systems Q36.

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